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CAT vs. ASTE, TSLA, AIT, AOS, DE, ETN, IR, MCD, TEX, and WMT

Should you be buying Caterpillar stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Caterpillar include Astec Industries (ASTE), Tesla (TSLA), Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT), A. O. Smith (AOS), Deere & Company (DE), Eaton (ETN), Ingersoll Rand (IR), McDonald's (MCD), Terex (TEX), and Walmart (WMT).

Caterpillar vs. Its Competitors

Astec Industries (NASDAQ:ASTE) and Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Caterpillar has a net margin of 14.95% compared to Astec Industries' net margin of 3.50%. Caterpillar's return on equity of 48.95% beat Astec Industries' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Astec Industries3.50% 11.52% 7.07%
Caterpillar 14.95%48.95%10.60%

Caterpillar has higher revenue and earnings than Astec Industries. Astec Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Caterpillar, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Astec Industries$1.31B0.79$4.30M$1.9922.54
Caterpillar$64.81B3.65$10.79B$19.6625.69

Astec Industries has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Caterpillar has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Astec Industries presently has a consensus price target of $41.00, suggesting a potential downside of 8.60%. Caterpillar has a consensus price target of $488.13, suggesting a potential downside of 3.36%. Given Caterpillar's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Caterpillar is more favorable than Astec Industries.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Astec Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Caterpillar
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.85

In the previous week, Caterpillar had 101 more articles in the media than Astec Industries. MarketBeat recorded 108 mentions for Caterpillar and 7 mentions for Astec Industries. Caterpillar's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Astec Industries' score of 1.16 indicating that Caterpillar is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Astec Industries
2 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Caterpillar
76 Very Positive mention(s)
14 Positive mention(s)
14 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Astec Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Caterpillar pays an annual dividend of $6.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Astec Industries pays out 26.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Caterpillar pays out 30.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Caterpillar has increased its dividend for 30 consecutive years. Caterpillar is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

93.2% of Astec Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.0% of Caterpillar shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Astec Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Caterpillar shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Caterpillar beats Astec Industries on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CAT vs. The Competition

MetricCaterpillarMACH IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$236.64B$35.33B$7.78B$21.70B
Dividend Yield1.23%2.56%4.59%3.64%
P/E Ratio25.6915.87303.0029.62
Price / Sales3.651.041,309.2295.22
Price / Cash18.258.0927.8517.79
Price / Book12.382.664.874.63
Net Income$10.79B$1.86B$791.48M$1.01B
7 Day Performance1.88%-2.85%-0.83%-1.84%
1 Month Performance17.17%-1.26%3.79%0.55%
1 Year Performance25.64%18.10%28.39%13.43%

Caterpillar Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CAT
Caterpillar
4.4653 of 5 stars
$505.11
+2.8%
$488.13
-3.4%
+22.3%$230.16B$64.81B25.48112,900Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
ASTE
Astec Industries
2.1624 of 5 stars
$49.21
-0.5%
$41.00
-16.7%
+38.5%$1.13B$1.31B24.734,148Positive News
Gap Up
TSLA
Tesla
3.9628 of 5 stars
$443.92
+3.3%
$343.43
-22.6%
+89.8%$1.47T$97.69B256.36125,665Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
AIT
Applied Industrial Technologies
4.7901 of 5 stars
$259.33
+0.4%
$285.00
+9.9%
+8.7%$9.79B$4.56B25.636,800
AOS
A. O. Smith
4.9012 of 5 stars
$72.67
-0.9%
$77.43
+6.6%
-16.3%$10.18B$3.82B20.2412,700
DE
Deere & Company
4.6601 of 5 stars
$459.89
-0.6%
$518.18
+12.7%
+8.7%$124.15B$43.40B24.0175,800Positive News
Analyst Revision
ETN
Eaton
4.3509 of 5 stars
$379.34
+1.6%
$392.27
+3.4%
+8.3%$147.47B$24.88B38.1194,000
IR
Ingersoll Rand
4.4983 of 5 stars
$83.77
-0.2%
$98.00
+17.0%
-24.5%$33.30B$7.36B65.4521,000Analyst Revision
MCD
McDonald's
4.4967 of 5 stars
$295.70
-1.8%
$325.86
+10.2%
-2.6%$211.01B$25.92B25.34150,000Analyst Forecast
TEX
Terex
3.7885 of 5 stars
$52.57
-0.1%
$54.67
+4.0%
-8.9%$3.45B$5.13B19.6111,400Analyst Downgrade
WMT
Walmart
4.5461 of 5 stars
$103.05
+1.0%
$112.38
+9.1%
+27.2%$821.59B$680.99B38.742,100,000Positive News

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This page (NYSE:CAT) was last updated on 10/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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